Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Cui Tao nodded and said: "It's normal for everyone to have concerns. The Jianning Prince's Mansion is not buying dry stocks, but real money."

All I saw was a group of guards carrying two large boxes. After opening the boxes, many businessmen couldn't take their eyes off it.

Two big boxes full of gold and silver!

Hubayi's eyes were straightened. He has been a businessman for so many years, and he has never seen so much gold and silver!

Seeing the merchant's reaction below, Cui Tao sighed secretly.

Sure enough, it took some real money to get these merchants into the car.

Then Cui Tao said: "However, there is an additional condition for the money invested by King Jianning."

Many merchants immediately raised their ears, Cui Tao said: "All transactions of the Wangfu Chamber of Commerce must be settled through the Wangfu Bank."

bank?

Some merchants have heard of this thing, but Hubayi has been in Hexi recently, and he doesn't know what a bank is.

Cui Tao said: "The Wangfu Bank will establish branches in Jiuquan, Zhangye and Wuwei. The business of the Wangfu Chamber of Commerce in the three places will be settled by the bank."

Then Cui Tao explained about the bank. In the future, when doing business in Wuwei, Jiuquan, Zhangye, you don't need to carry cash, you only need to carry bank vouchers, and you can withdraw money from the bank.

Although Hubayi had some doubts about whether the bank could withdraw money based on a bill, but with the credit guarantee of the palace, it should be possible.

Seeing that all the businessmen were interested, Cui Tao knew that the matter was mostly over.

The establishment of the Zhangye Chamber of Commerce was also Cui Tao's plan to King Jianning.

The commerce and trade in the Hexi Corridor is sure to make money. Obviously, just collecting taxes from it cannot meet the large amount of funds Zhangye needs for development.

In order to defend the city, Zhang Ye mortgaged a sum of money to the Wangfu Bank and has not yet repaid it!
Cui Tao, who believes in Keynesianism, naturally will not let go of the development opportunity of government-led investment.

Cui Tao saw a business opportunity for the businessmen stranded in Zhangye.

Many of them, like Hu Bayi, escaped after being raided by Fang Guan.

These merchants are familiar with this route and know the market conditions, and they are all experienced old merchants.

These businessmen themselves are the best resources, and investing in them will naturally make a steady profit, as long as you give them capital, you can make money.

For this proposal, Li Yan naturally supported it.

There are still a large amount of funds deposited by players in the accounts of Wangfu Bank, which happens to be a good opportunity for investment.

However, this investment proposal was sent to Jiang Lun, who was in charge of Wangfu Bank, but Jiang Lun asked him to add a condition.

That is, in the future, Wangfu Commercial Bank will have to use Wangfu Bank for large settlements.

Now the Wangfu Bank has opened branches in Gaochang and Guazhou City, and is also preparing for the branch from Jiuquan to Wuwei City.

The money withdrawn from the Wangfu Bank had to be deposited back into the Wangfu Bank.

Jiang Lun really had a wishful thinking!
However, promoting the banking industry is also a development path recognized by players.

Cui Tao also held his nose and agreed to Jiang Lun's additional conditions, and actively promoted the establishment of a branch of Wangfu Bank in Zhangye City.

The confirmation meeting was finally over, and more than 40 businessmen, including Hubayi, joined the Wangfu Commercial Bank.

The materials that Hubayi donated to Zhangye city defense before were also converted into the shares at the market price.

As Hubayi himself is a shareholder, he also needs to be engaged in the operation of the firm.

Back in the sponsored shop, Hubayi told the unwavering staff about the Wangfu Commercial Firm.

"Shopkeeper, can we continue to run the business again?"

"Shopkeeper, do you mean that we will also be imperial merchants in the future?"

Hu Bayi immediately said: "What are the imperial merchants and not the imperial merchants? We are just ordinary merchants on this trade road. There is no discount for buying and selling goods, and we still have to pay taxes!"

Another guy asked: "But our camels and trucks, the shopkeeper, have been robbed by those jackals in Wuwei City, what should we do now?"

Hubayi said: "Don't worry about this, the trading company will prepare camels and trucks. I heard that they are all new trucks produced in Guazhou!"

Many guys got excited, but they looked at Hubayi and said:
"Shopkeeper, you have become a shareholder of the Wangfu Chamber of Commerce, what about our salary?"

Hu Bayi immediately said: "The chamber of commerce also has regulations, which will give you fixed wages according to your seniority, and you will also receive monthly salaries from the chamber of commerce in the future. When the dividends are distributed at the end of the year, the employees will also be given a share of the income."

Hearing this, all the guys cheered.

The Wangfu Chamber of Commerce in Zhangye City is developing rapidly relying on the prosperous Hexi Corridor business road.

The new carriages ordered by the Wangfu Chamber of Commerce at the Guazhou Iron Works are in the process of frantically rushing to work, and the Chamber of Commerce has purchased a batch of obsolete war horses.

Zhangye was gearing up and down, ready to salvage a fortune from the smooth trade routes.

But Zheng He, who had just moved the captured livestock to the Shandan Ranch, couldn't be happier.

In order to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, the pastures were all burned. Now that it is summer, digging up the soil again requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

Now that there are so few players in Shandan Ranch, it is impossible to complete a lot of work.

Fortunately, the young crops of grain snatched from the hands of the common people can be directly used as pastures, at least there is enough for the livestock before winter.

But what about winter?
Zheng He looked at these horses, cattle and sheep. These Tibetans really did not raise them very well.

It is obviously a high-quality breed, but because of long-distance driving and unaccustomed soil and water, it is emaciated. As a student majoring in breeding, Zheng He can't bear to see it.

However, some of the livestock in the original Shandan Ranch stayed in the intensive breeding farm behind Zhangye. With the addition of these newly captured horses, cattle and sheep, the Shandan Ranch really cannot afford to raise so many livestock.

Zheng He called the ranchers together to discuss the future development of Shandan Ranch.

In this Battle of Zhangye, Zheng He led a group of ranchers to set up light cavalry, and made a lot of military exploits.

Originally, Yu Chixin had asked Zheng He if he wanted to change his rank as a general and join the army.

But Zheng He still missed his ranch, and returned to the ranch.

Zheng He did not stop those ranchers who wanted to join the army. Anyway, they were not ranchers, and the vacant ranches could be sold again.

Those who came to the meeting today are players who continue to come back and continue to be ranchers.

Relying on one war, this group of players became rich overnight. Not to mention their level has improved a lot, they also received some military rewards after the war.

With these military merit awards, livestock can be purchased from the government at low and discounted prices.

Everyone rushed over to the meeting excitedly, but they heard Zheng He's first words:

"There's not enough pasture for the winter."

Everyone's hearts went cold.

"Didn't they snatch young crops from the hands of the people as pasture?"

"Yeah, I see that Zhangye's side is full of young crops, isn't there enough to eat?"

Zheng He said: "There are so many livestock, I have counted, and those young crops are only enough to eat before winter."

The rancher players also became depressed. If these livestock were raised through the winter, the number of livestock would double next year.

However, the problem of insufficient pasture really plagued Shandan Ranch.

But seeing Zheng He's appearance, everyone knew that Zheng He had a solution.

"Old Zheng, don't be fooled, hurry up and find a solution!"

"Yeah, hurry up, stop talking nonsense!"

"You guy called us to a meeting, you must have already figured out a solution!"

Zheng He smiled slightly and said, "There is indeed a way, but it still requires everyone to work hard together."

"Old Zheng, don't be a fool, tell me quickly, we will just follow you!"

Zheng He then said: "My method is very simple, plant soybeans."

Growing soybeans?
Zheng He said: "Soybean was called Shu in ancient times, and it is a crop that our ancestors have been planting for a long time."

"The best time to plant legumes is June and July, and it's not too late to start planting now."

"Soybean is a high-yield plant that is especially suitable for large-scale cultivation, and our environment in Hexi is also very suitable for soybean growth."

"And there is another advantage of planting soybeans. The tumor-shaped roots of soybeans can fix nitrogen in the air and increase the fertility of the soil. It is a plant that is very suitable for cultivation during the rotation period."

The players looked at Zheng He and said, "Why grow soybeans? Could it be that the money from selling soybeans is used to buy grass? But the price of buying grass is too high under the current logistics conditions?"

"Yes, yes, soybeans are good, but the price of grain is not high, right?"

Zheng He said with a smile: "I plant soybeans and use natural water for pasture. Do you know what are the two main types of modern feed?"

Most of these players who come to the ranch are city dwellers who yearn for pastoral songs. They have never raised animals in reality, so they naturally don't know what the feed is.

Zheng He said: "Corn and soybean meal."

"Don't even think about corn. Corn is native to the Americas. Unless we have players who build ships and go to sea, we won't be able to get corn seeds."

"Soybean meal is the product of soybeans after the oil is squeezed out. It is also a high-quality feed!"

"Planting is starting now, and it will be harvested in October. It can be made into soybean meal and stored for the winter."

The players said one after another: "Then what are you waiting for! Hurry up and grow soybeans!"

Soybean seeds are not difficult to find. There are many areas in Longyou where soybeans are grown, and Zheng He has already asked people to buy soybean seeds from within the pass.

Soon there was a vigorous campaign to plant soybeans on the Shandan Ranch.

The burnt grass kills the pests in the soil, and the plant ash is a good potash fertilizer.

Soybean seeds were planted one by one, and under the sufficient water source irrigation of the entire Shandan Racecourse, the seeds began to take root and germinate.

Zheng He was also planning for a rainy day to build a workshop to extract soybean oil.

After all, it is better to make the best use of everything. Now that the price of vegetable oil is getting higher and higher, soybean oil can also become a new source of income for ranches.

The biggest influence players have brought to this era is in diet.

Catering in the Tang Dynasty was relatively backward, and cooking methods such as frying and frying only appeared in the Song Dynasty.

With the continuous promotion of players' restaurants, oil has also become an indispensable thing in people's catering.

The guards of the Zhangye government are quietly surrounding a warehouse, preparing to raid the warehouse.